Mutation screen of the cone-specific gene, CLUL1, in 376 patients with age-related macular degeneration

Ophthalmic Genetics

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 151-155

  Sturgill, Gwen M ^a   Pauer, Gayle J T ^b   Bala, Elisa ^a,b   Simpson, Ellen ^b   Yaniglos, Stacia S ^a,c   Crabb, John W ^b,c   Hollyfield, Joe G ^b,c   Lewis, Hilel ^b,c   Peachey, Neal S ^a,b,c   Hagstrom, Stephanie A ^b,c  

^a LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Clusterin; Mutation; Retinal degeneration

Indexed keywords

CLUSTERIN; PROTEIN CLUL1;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; INTRON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTORECEPTOR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA CONE; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONES (RETINA); DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EYE PROTEINS; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL;

EID: 33845477292     PISSN: 13816810     EISSN: 17445094     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13816810600976871     Document Type: Article

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